Giosafat Barbaro

Giosafat Barbaro was born to Antonio and Franceschina Barbaro in a palazzo on the Campo di Santa Maria Formosa.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n12EbAItikcC Die persische Karte : venezianisch-persische Beziehungen um 1500; Reiseberichte venezianischer Persienreisender], Otto H. Storz, Berlin, 2009, p.39 {{ISBN|978-3-643-10073-3}} He became a member of the Venetian Senate in 1431.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Società geografica italiana; 1882, pg. 140 In 1434, he married Nona Duodo, daughter of Arsenio Duodo. Giosafat and Nona had three daughters and a son, Giovanni Antonio.

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From 1436 to 1452 Barbaro traveled as a merchant to Tana on the Sea of Azov.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XLcFAAAAQAAJ Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne], J Fr Michaud; Louis Gabriel Michaud, Paris, Michaud, 1811-28., pg. 327 During this time the Golden Horde was disintegrating due to political rivalries.

In November 1437, Barbaro heard of the burial mound of the last King of the Alans, about 20 miles up the Don River from Tana.[https://books.google.com/books?id=iFsKUqTH9tcC Black Sea], Neal Ascherson, New York, Hill and Wang, 1996, pg. 128, {{ISBN|978-0-8090-3043-9}}

[https://books.google.com/books?id=zxR7E2VTVagC Venice & antiquity: the Venetian sense of the past], Patricia Fortini Brown, New Haven, Conn.; London : Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 152, {{ISBN|978-0-300-06700-2}} Barbaro and six other men, a mix of Venetian and Jewish merchants, hired 120 men to excavate the kurgan, which they hoped would contain treasure. When the weather proved too severe, they returned in March 1438, but found no treasure. Barbaro analytically and precisely recorded information about the layers of earth, coal, ashes, millet, and fish scales that composed the mound.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zxR7E2VTVagC Venice & antiquity: the Venetian sense of the past], Patricia Fortini Brown, New Haven, Conn.; London : Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 153, {{ISBN|978-0-300-06700-2}} Modern scholarship concludes that it was not a burial mound, but a kitchen midden that had accumulated over centuries of use.[https://books.google.com/books?id=iFsKUqTH9tcC Black Sea], Neal Ascherson, New York, Hill and Wang, 1996, pg. 129, {{ISBN|978-0-8090-3043-9}} The remains of Barbaro's excavation was found in the 1920s by Russian archeologist Alexander Alexandrovich Miller.

In 1438, the Great Horde under Küchük Muhammad advanced on Tana.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gJsUAQAAIAAJ History of the Mongols: from the 9th to the 19th century], Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth, Boston, Mass. : Elibron Classics, 2003, pg. 295 Barbaro went as an emissary to the Tatars to persuade them not to attack Tana.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.319 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} Later, Barbaro was part of a group that drove off a hundred Circassian raiders.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gJsUAQAAIAAJ History of the Mongols: from the 9th to the 19th century], Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth, Boston, Mass. : Elibron Classics, 2003, pg. 298 Barbaro visited many cities in the Crimea, including Solcati, Soldaia, Cembalo, and Caffa. Barbaro also traveled to Russia where he visited Kazan (Casan) and Novogorod, "which had already come under the power of the Muscovites" (che gia era venuta in potere de'Moscoviti).[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Società geografica italiana; 1882, pg. 110{{efn|In the reference it does not specify which "Novogorod" whether it is the one at Lake Ilmen or "Nizhny Novgorod" on Volga, but it is mentioned in context of traveling around Volga and Oka rivers. "Veliky Novgorod" at lake Ilmen is nowhere near the area. The Duchy of Nizhny Novgorod was annexed by Muscovy in 1392 (Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal).}}

Giosafat Barbaro did not spend all of the years from 1436 to 1452 in Tartary[https://books.google.com/books?id=n12EbAItikcC Die persische Karte : venezianisch-persische Beziehungen um 1500; Reiseberichte venezianischer Persienreisender], Otto H. Storz, Berlin, 2009, p.40 {{ISBN|978-3-643-10073-3}} In 1446, he was elected to the Council of Forty.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n12EbAItikcC Die persische Karte : venezianisch-persische Beziehungen um 1500; Reiseberichte venezianischer Persienreisender], Otto H. Storz, Berlin, 2009, p.41 {{ISBN|978-3-643-10073-3}} In 1448, he was appointed Provveditore of the trading colonies Modon and Corone in the Peloponnese and served until his resignation the following year. Since there was regular trade between Venice and Tana at this time, it seems likely Barbaro went to Tana to trade and returned to Venice for the winter over this time. Barbaro stopped these travels when the Crimean Khanate became a client state of the Ottoman Turks. Barbaro returned to Venice in 1452, traveling by way of Russia, Poland, and Germany.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Società geografica italiana; 1882, pg. 141[https://books.google.com/books?id=3WxeHQ1CfF0C A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels], Robert Kerr, 2007, pg. 624 In 1455, Barbaro freed a pair of Tartar men he had found in Venice, housed them for two months, and sent them home to Tana.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gJsUAQAAIAAJ History of the Mongols: from the 9th to the 19th century], Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth, Boston, Mass. : Elibron Classics, 2003, pg. 300

In 1460, Giosafat Barbaro was elected Council to Tana, but he declined the position.[https://books.google.com/books?id=n12EbAItikcC Die persische Karte : venezianisch-persische Beziehungen um 1500; Reiseberichte venezianischer Persienreisender], Otto H. Storz, Berlin, 2009, p.44 {{ISBN|978-3-643-10073-3}} In 1463, he was appointed Provveditore of Albania. While there, Barbaro he fought with Lekë Dukagjini and Skanderbeg against the Turks.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_kS4AAAAIAAJ “Turcica, Volume 31”, Université de Strasbourg, 1999, pg. 268][https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Società geografica italiana; 1882, pg.144[https://books.google.com/books?id=NZdpAAAAMAAJ Enciclopedia storico-nobiliare italiana, Volume 7], Vittorio Spreti, Arnaldo Forni, 1981, pg. 276 Provveditore Barbaro linked his forces with those of Dukagjini and Nicolo Moneta to form an auxiliary corps of 13,000 men which was sent to relieve the Second Siege of Krujë.[https://books.google.com/books?id=9kJBAAAAYAAJ Le istorie albanesi, Volume 1], Francesco Tajani, Salerno, Fratelli Jovane, 1886., pg. 120 After Skanderbeg's death, Barbaro returned to Venice again.

In 1469, Giosafat Barbaro was made Provveditore of Scutari, in Albania.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.261 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} He was in command of 1200 cavalry, which he used to support Lekë Dukagjini. In 1472, Barbaro was back in Venice, where he was one of the 41 senators chosen to act as electors, who selected Nicolo Tron as Doge.

In 1463, the Venetian Senate, seeking allies against the Turks, had sent Lazzaro Querini as its first ambassador to Persia,[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.305 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} but he was unable to persuade Persia to attack the Turks.[https://books.google.com/books?id=EF_4AQeOltUC The Cambridge history of Iran], William Bayne Fisher, Peter Jackson, Laurence Lockhart, New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986, p.377 {{ISBN|978-0-521-20094-3}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=lG9oAAAAMAAJ Una famiglia veneziana nella storia: i Barbaro], Michela Marangoni, Manlio Pastore Stocchi, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1996, pg. 124, {{ISBN|978-88-86166-34-8}} The ruler of Persia, Uzun Hassan, sent his own envoys to Venice in return. After Negroponte fell to the Turks, Venice, Naples, the Papal States, the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Knights of Rhodes signed an agreement to ally against the Turks.

In 1471, ambassador Querini returned to Venice with Uzun Hassan's ambassador Murad. The Venetian Senate voted to send another ambassador to Persia, choosing Caterino Zeno after two other men declined.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.306 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} Zeno, whose wife was the niece of Uzun Hassan's wife, was able to persuade Hassan to attack the Turks. Hassan was successful at first, but there were no simultaneous attacks by any of the western powers and the war turned against Persia.

In 1472, Giosafat Barbaro was also selected as an ambassador to Persia, due to his experience in the Crimean, Muscovy, and Tartary.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4vAAAAYAAJ Historical account of discoveries and travels in Asia], Hugh Murray, Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co; 1820., p.10 He also spoke Turkish and a little Persian.[https://books.google.com/books?id=EF_4AQeOltUC The Cambridge history of Iran], William Bayne Fisher, Peter Jackson, Laurence Lockhart, New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986, p.378 {{ISBN|978-0-521-20094-3}} Barbaro was provided with an escort of ten men and an annual salary of 1800 ducats. His instructions included urging admiral Pietro Mocenigo to attack the Ottomans and attempting to arrange naval cooperation from the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Knights of Rhodes. He was also in charge of three galleys full of artillery, ammunition, and military personnel who were to assist Uzun Hassan.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gjGFAAAAMAAJ He Kypros kai hoi Staurophories], Nikos Kureas; International Conference Cyprus and the Crusades (1994, Leukosia), pg. 161

In February 1473, Barbaro and the Persian envoy Haci Muhammad left Venice and traveled to Zadar, where they met with representatives of Naples and the Papal court. From there, Barbaro and the others traveled by way of Corfu, Modon, Corone reaching Rhodes and then Cyprus, where Barbaro was delayed for a year.

File:Eastern Mediterranean 1450 .svg in 1450, showing Venetian possessions in green]] The Kingdom of Cyprus's position off the coast of Anatolia was in a key position for supplying, not just Uzun Hassan in Persia, but the Venetian allies of Caramania and Scandelore (present day Alanya) and the Venetian fleet under Pietro Mocenigo was used to defend communication lines to them. King James II of Cyprus had attempted to ally with Caramania and Scandelore, as well as the Sultan of Egypt, against the Turks.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIFCAAAAYAAJ A history of Cyprus, Volume 3], Sir George Francis Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, pg. 623 King James had also written to the Venetian Senate, stressing the need to support Persia against the Turks and his navy had cooperated with Admiral Mocenigo in recapturing the coastal towns of Gorhigos and Selefke.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIFCAAAAYAAJ A history of Cyprus, Volume 3], Sir George Francis Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, pg. 624

The Emir of Scandelore fell to the Turks in 1473 in spite of military aid from the Kingdom of Cyprus. The power of Caramania was broken. James II of Cyprus privately told Giosafat Barbaro he felt like he was trapped between two wolves, the Ottoman Sultan and the Egyptian Sultan. The latter was James' liege lord, and not on friendly terms with Venice.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIFCAAAAYAAJ A history of Cyprus, Volume 3], Sir George Francis Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, pg. 626

James II entered into negotiations with the Turks. At first he refused to let the Venetian galleys with their munitions land in the port of Famagusta. When Barbaro and the Venetian ambassador, Nicolo Pasqualigo, attempted to persuade James II to change his mind, the King threatened to destroy the galleys and kill every man on board.

King James II of Cyprus died in July 1473, leaving Queen Catherine a pregnant widow.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hnUKAAAAIAAJ Venetian studies], Horatio Forbes Brown, London, K. Paul, Trench & Co, 1887, p.310 James had appointed a seven-member council, which contained Venetian Andrea Cornaro, a relative of the Queen, as well as Marin Rizzo and Giovanni Fabrice, agents of the Kingdom of Naples who opposed Venetian influence.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hnUKAAAAIAAJ Venetian studies], Horatio Forbes Brown, London, K. Paul, Trench & Co, 1887, p.311 Queen Catherine gave birth to a son, James II in August 1473., with Admiral Pietro Mocenigo and other Venetian officials acting as godfathers.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hnUKAAAAIAAJ Venetian studies], Horatio Forbes Brown, London, K. Paul, Trench & Co, 1887, p.312

Once the Venetian fleet left, there was a revolt by pro-Neapolitan forces, which resulted in the deaths of the Queen's uncle and cousin.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hnUKAAAAIAAJ Venetian studies], Horatio Forbes Brown, London, K. Paul, Trench & Co, 1887, p.377 The Archbishop of Nicosia, Juan Tafures, the Count of Tripoli, the Count of Jaffa, and Marin Rizzo seized Famagusta, capturing the Queen and the newborn King.

Barbaro and Bailo Pasqualigo were protected by the Venetian soldiers that had accompanied Barbaro. The conspirators made several attempts to persuade Barbaro to hand over the soldiers' arms. The Constable of Cyprus sent an agent, while the Count of Tripoli, the Archbishop of Nicosia, and the Constable of Jerusalem made personal visits. After consulting with Bailo Pasqualigo, they decided to disarm the men, but keep the weapons. Barbaro alerted the captains of the Venetian galleys in the harbor.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIFCAAAAYAAJ A history of Cyprus, Volume 3], Sir George Francis Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, pg. 674 Barbaro also sent dispatches the Senate of Venice, warning them of events.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hnUKAAAAIAAJ Venetian studies], Horatio Forbes Brown, London, K. Paul, Trench & Co, 1887, p.313 Later, Barbaro and the Venetian troops withdrew to one of the galleys.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIFCAAAAYAAJ A history of Cyprus, Volume 3], Sir George Francis Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, pg. 682

By the time Admiral Mocenigo returned to Cyprus, the rebels were quarreling among themselves and the people of Nicosia and Famagusta had risen against them. The uprising was suppressed, those ringleaders who did not flee were executed, and Cyprus became a Venetian client state. The Venetian Senate authorized the troops and military that had accompanied Giosafat Barbaro to stay in Cyprus.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIFCAAAAYAAJ A history of Cyprus, Volume 3], Sir George Francis Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, p. 662

Giosafat Barbaro was still in Cyprus in December 1473, and the Venetian Senate sent a letter, telling Barbaro to complete his journey, as well as sending another ambassador, Ambrogio Contarini to Persia.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.321 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} Barbaro and the Persian envoy left Cyprus in February 1474 disguised as Muslim pilgrims.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Rome, Società geografica italiana; 1882, pg.142 The Papal and Neapolitan envoys did not accompany them.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.326 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} Barbaro landed in Caramania, where the King warned them that the Turks held the territory they would need to travel through.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Società geografica italiana; 1882, pg. 120 After landing in Cilicia, Barbaro's party traveled through Tarsus, Adana, Orfa, Merdin, Hasankeyf, and Tigranocerta

File:Map Aq Qoyunlu 1478-en.png empire by the end of Uzun Hassan's reign in 1478]] In the Taurus Mountains of Kurdistan, Barbaro's party was attacked by bandits. He escaped on horseback, but he was wounded and several members of the group, including his secretary and the Persian ambassador were killed, and their goods were plundered.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4vAAAAYAAJ Historical account of discoveries and travels in Asia], Hugh Murray, Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co; 1820., p.12 As they neared Tabriz, Barbaro and his interpreter were assaulted by Turcomans after refusing to hand over a letter to Uzun Hassan Barbaro and his surviving companions finally reached Hassan's court in April 1474.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ro--tXw_hxMC&pg=PA1067 E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam], M. Th. Houtsma, New York, 1993., pg. 1067 {{ISBN|978-90-04-09796-4}}

Although Barbaro got on well with Uzun Hassan, he was unable to persuade the ruler to attack the Ottomans again. Shortly afterwards, Hassan's son Ogurlu Mohamed, rose in rebellion, seizing the city of Schiras.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4vAAAAYAAJ Historical account of discoveries and travels in Asia], Hugh Murray, Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co; 1820., p.15

File:Apadana.jpg Barbaro visited the ruins of Persepolis, which he incorrectly thought were of Jewish origin.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zxR7E2VTVagC Venice & antiquity: the Venetian sense of the past], Patricia Fortini Brown, New Haven, Conn.; London : Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 156, {{ISBN|978-0-300-06700-2}} He also visited Tauris, Soldania, Isph, Cassan (Kascian), Como (Kom), Yezd, Shiraz and Baghdad. Giosafat Barbaro was the first European to visit the ruins of Pasargadae, where he believed the local tradition that misidentified the tomb of Cyrus the Great as belonging to King Solomon’s mother.[https://books.google.com/books?id=xvdLAAAAMAAJ Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 21], New York, Americana Corp; 1965, pg.321 File:Cyrus tomb.jpg

The other Venetian ambassador, Ambrosio Contarini, arrived in Persia in August 1474. Uzun Hassan decided that Contarini would return to Venice with a report, while Giosafat Barbaro would stay in Persia.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4vAAAAYAAJ Historical account of discoveries and travels in Asia], Hugh Murray, Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co; 1820., p.19

Barbaro was the last Venetian ambassador to leave Persia, after Uzun Hassan died in 1478.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC Mehmed the Conqueror & His Time], Franz Babinger, Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press; 1992, p.322 {{ISBN|978-0-691-01078-6}} By this point only one of Barbaro's entourage was left.[https://books.google.com/books?id=lG9oAAAAMAAJ Una famiglia veneziana nella storia: i Barbaro], Michela Marangoni, Manlio Pastore Stocchi, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1996, pg. 128, {{ISBN|978-88-86166-34-8}} While Hassan's sons fought each other for the throne, Barbaro hired an Armenian guide and escaped by way of Erzerum, Aleppo, and Beirut.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4vAAAAYAAJ Historical account of discoveries and travels in Asia], Hugh Murray, Edinburgh, A. Constable and Co; 1820., p.16[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Societá geografica italiana; 1882, pg.143 Barbaro reached Venice in 1479, where he defended himself against complaints that he had spent too much time in Cyprus before going to Persia. Barbaro's report included not just political and military matters, but discussed Persian agriculture, commerce, and customs.

Giosafat Barbaro served as Captain of Rovigo and Provveditore of all Polesine from 1482 to 1485.[https://books.google.com/books?id=0IkuAAAAYAAJ Dei rettori veneziani in Rovigo: illustrazione storica con documenti], Giovanni Durazzo, Venezia, Tip. del Commercio, 1865, pg. 16[https://books.google.com/books?id=n12EbAItikcC Die persische Karte : venezianisch-persische Beziehungen um 1500; Reiseberichte venezianischer Persienreisender], Otto H. Storz, Berlin, 2009, p.45 {{ISBN|978-3-643-10073-3}} He was also one of the Councilors of Doge Agostino Barbarigo He died in 1494 and was buried in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SXYxAAAAMAAJ Studi biografici e bibliografici sulla storia della geografia in Italia], Roma, Societá geografica italiana; 1882, pg.144

In 1487, Barbaro wrote an account of his travels. In it, he mentions being familiar with the accounts of Niccolò de' Conti and John de Mandeville.

Barbaro's account of his travels, entitled " Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia" was first published from 1543 to 1545 by the sons of Aldus Manutius.Barbaro, Giosafat, [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_hXgtc7oeyC0C#page/n1/mode/2up Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia, in India, et in Costantinopoli, …] [Journeys made from Venice to Tanais, to Persia, to India, and to Constantinople, ... ], (Venice (Vinegia), (Italy): Aldus Manutius, 1545). [in Italian] It is included Giovanne Baptista Ramusio's 1559 "Collection of Travels" as "Journey to the Tanais, Persia, India, and Constantinople"[https://archive.org/details/universaldict01thomrich Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Vol. I.], pg.262, Thomas Joseph, Philadelphia, PA, USA: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1870 The scholar and courtier William Thomas translated this work into English for the young King Edward VI under the title ‘’Travels to Tana and Persia’’ and also includes the account of Barbaro’s fellow ambassador to Persia, Ambrogio Contarini.Filippo Bertotti, "'[https://iranicaonline.org/articles/contarini-ambrogio-1429-99-venetian-merchant-and-diplomat-author-of-a-noteworthy-report-on-persia-under-the-aq-qoyunlu Contarini, Ambrogio]". Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. VI, Fasc. 2, p. 220. This work was republished in London in 1873 by the Hakluyt Society.Barbaro, G., Stanley of Alderley, H. Edward John Stanley., Contarini, A. (1873). [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007125436/Home Travels to Tana and Persia]. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society.{{cite book | title=Worldcat |oclc = 217119736}} and a Russian language edition was published in 1971.{{cite book | title=Worldcat |oclc = 236220401}} In 1583, Barbaro’s account was published by Filippo Giunti in ‘’Volume Delle Navigationi Et Viaggi’’ along with those of Marco Polo and Kirakos Gandzaketsi’s account of the travels of Hethum I, King of Armenia.{{cite book | title=Worldcat |oclc = 312110049}} In 1601, Barbaro’s and Contarini’s accounts were included in Pietro Bizzarri’s ‘’ Rerum Persicarum Historia’’ along with accounts by Bonacursius, Jacob Geuder von Heroldsberg, Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi, and Henricus Porsius; which was published in Frankfurt.{{cite book | title=Worldcat |oclc = 255858576}} in 2005, Barbaro’s account was also published in Turkish as ‘’ Anadolu'ya ve İran'a seyahat’’.{{cite book | title=Worldcat |oclc = 62732381}}

Barbaro's account provided more information on Persia and its resources than that of Contarini. He showed skill in observing unfamiliar places and reporting on them. Much of Barbaro's information about the Kipchak Khanate, Persia, and Georgia is not found in any other sources.

Giosafat Barbaro's dispatches to the Venetian Senate were compiled by Enrico Cornet and published as Lettere al Senato Veneto in 1852 in Vienna.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Lettere%20al%20senato%20veneto%20annotate%20per%20E.%20Cornet%20giosafat%20barbaro| title=Worldcat | accessdate=2010-04-14}} Barbaro also discussed his travels in a letter written in 1491 to the Bishop of Padua, Pietro Barozzi.

He is one of the historical characters who appear in Dorothy Dunnett's novel Caprice and Rondo in the House of Niccolò series.

In the game Civilization V he is a great merchant for the Venetians.

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